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US anti-bias agency moves to end employer reporting of worker race, sex data
The proposal would end annual workforce demographic reports from 73,000 employers, a database used to track representation of women and racial minorities.
- The Trump administration is ending a 60-year-old requirement for employers to submit workforce demographic data to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission , the anti-discrimination enforcement agency.
- The data has historically helped guide the EEOC's enforcement priorities and investigations by providing visibility into the race, ethnicity, and gender composition of companies' workforces across job categories.
- Critics warn the move will hamper efforts to promote diversity and identify discriminatory hiring and promotion practices, while supporters argue the reporting is burdensome for employers.
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Federal civil rights agency moves to stop requiring demographic data collection after 60 years
The Trump administration is moving to toss aside a 60-year-old requirement for tens of thousands of private sector employers to submit workforce demographic reports each year to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the agency responsible for enforcing anti-discrimination laws in the workplace.
·Arlington, United States
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